MASON COUNTY — Investigators from the Mason County Sheriff's Office are seeking information in the homicide of a 43-year-old Belfair man who was found dead in Tahuya Forest on Sept. 8.

Noe Alvarado Guarchaj was reported missing on Sept. 6. Friends and family members said they had last seen Alvarado four days earlier at church, according to Mason County Sheriff's Office Detective Chris Liles.

Alvarado's vehicle was found in Tahuya Forest on Sept. 8, with his body discovered "within walking distance," Liles said. It was later determined Alvarado died of a gunshot wound, according to a press release from the sheriff's office.

Investigators are considering Alvarado's death a homicide and are seeking any information related to his disappearance and death.